So I just heard the news that Jack Bogle has passed. If you didn’t know, Jack Bogle was the man who started Vanguard, the investment company that popularized the index fund, of…
Category: Money & Investing
Day 159: Who knows what tomorrow will bring?
A few weeks ago I wrote a post called “It’s Buying Season!” It’s not about shopping for gifts over the holidays, but about buying more index funds while the stock market is…
Day 151: Keeping Things in Perspective
Yesterday I wrote out some questions for 2019. These were intended as guides, questions for me to think about as we go into a new year. I’d like to go into the…
Day 140: It’s Buying Season!
Disclaimer: This post is not about buying shit from stores or from the internet over the Holidays. It’s about taking advantage of the recent drop in the stock market to buy more…
Day 129: Money and Certainty
I have written numerous times about my penchant for personal money management. It is true, I tend to enjoy the process of deciding how I am going to use my money. Yet…
Day 116: Does Your Money Situation Have Integrity?
I know, I know. Talking about one’s personal finances can be about as fun as trying to open a can of snow peas with a disposable Bic raiser. All that looking into…
Day 109: Feel Worthy and Watch the Results Flow
I was just listening to a Youtube video with speaker and writer Joe Dispenza, someone I have been listening to a lot recently. I was in the first couple of minutes when…
Day 99: Our Rewarding Rewards Card
So two months ago, I wrote about our new rewards credit card. We have been using the card ever since, and I am pleased to say that it has been a very…
Day 82: Staying Grounded in the Middle of the Turmoil
I got a little bit of a shock today when I checked my phone and saw that the stock market had gone down 3%. And not for the first time in recent…
Day 70: My Recycling-for-Change Thing
For several years now, every one or two weeks I have brought our recyclable cans and bottles to a nearby recycling center. While the center is about eight miles away, it has…